Section 28ZA of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following subsection before subsection (1) :

(1AA)  As soon as practicable after receiving a code of conduct complaint referred to the Code of Conduct Panel, the Executive Officer is to –

(a) appoint a member of the Panel, who is an Australian lawyer, to be the initial assessor for the complaint; and

(b) provide a copy of the complaint to the person so appointed.

(b) by omitting from subsection (1) "receiving a code of conduct complaint, the chairperson of the Code of Conduct Panel" and substituting "being appointed to be the initial assessor of a code of conduct complaint, the initial assessor" ;

(c) by omitting from subsection (2) "chairperson of the Code of Conduct Panel" and substituting "initial assessor" ;

(d) by omitting from subsection (3) "receiving the code of conduct complaint, the chairperson of the Code of Conduct Panel" and substituting "an initial assessor is appointed under this section in respect of a code of conduct complaint, the initial assessor" ;

(e) by inserting in subsection (3)(a) "the Director," after "notify" ;

(f) by omitting from subsection (3)(b) "chairperson" and substituting "initial assessor" ;

(g) by omitting from subsection (3)(b) "the Code of Conduct Panel" first occurring and substituting "an investigating Panel" ;

(h) by omitting subparagraph (iii) from subsection (3)(b) and substituting the following subparagraph:

(iii) provide a copy of the initial assessment of the complaint to the Executive Officer.